AP Physics 1 for Class of 2023/24 Entry

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Answer Sheet for AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based

Practice Exam, Section I

No. Answer No. Answer

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2 27
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 AP® PHYSICS 1 TABLE OF INFORMATION
CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
Proton mass, mp 1.67 – 1027 kg Electron charge magnitude, e 1.60 – 10 19 C
Neutron mass, mn 1.67 – 10 27 kg Coulomb’s law constant, k 1 4 pe0 9.0 – 10 9 N  m 2 C2
Universal gravitational
Electron mass, me 9.11 – 10 31 kg 6.67 – 10 11 m 3 kgs2
constant, G
Acceleration due to gravity
Speed of light, c 3.00 – 108 m s at Earth’s surface, g 9.8 m s2

meter, m kelvin, K watt, W degree Celsius, ’C

UNIT kilogram, kg hertz, Hz coulomb, C
SYMBOLS second, s newton, N volt, V
ampere, A joule, J ohm, W

PREFIXES VALUES OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS FOR COMMON ANGLES

Factor Prefix Symbol       
q 0 30 37 45 53 60 90
12 tera T
10
sinq 0 12 35 2 2 45 3 2 1
10 9 giga G
10 6 mega M cosq 1 3 2 45 2 2 35 12 0
10 3 kilo k tanq 0 3 3 34 1 43 3 ‡
2 centi c
10
10 3 milli m The following conventions are used in this exam.
10 6 micro m I. The frame of reference of any problem is assumed to be inertial unless
otherwise stated.
10 9 nano n II. Assume air resistance is negligible unless otherwise stated.
10 12 pico p III. In all situations, positive work is defined as work done on a system.
IV. The direction of current is conventional current: the direction in which
positive charge would drift.
V. Assume all batteries and meters are ideal unless otherwise stated.
 AP® PHYSICS 1 EQUATIONS
MECHANICS ELECTRICITY
Ãx Ãx 0  a x t a = acceleration  q1q2 A = area
A = amplitude FE k 2 F = force
r
1 2 d = distance I = current
x x0  Ãx 0 t  at Dq
2 x E = energy I  = length
Dt
f = frequency P = power
Ãx2 Ãx20  2 a x x  x0 = force
r
F R q = charge
  I = rotational inertia A R = resistance
 Ç F Fnet K = kinetic energy DV r = separation
a I
m m k = spring constant R t = time
  L = angular momentum P I DV V = electric potential
Ff m Fn
 = length Rs Ç Ri r = resistivity
m = mass i
Ã2 1 1
ac P = power
r
p = momentum Rp Ç Ri
  i
p mv r = radius or separation
  T = period
Dp F Dt t = time WAVES
U = potential energy f = frequency
1 2 V = volume l
v
v = speed
K mv
2 v = speed
f
l = wavelength
DE W Fd Fd cos q W = work done on a system
GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY
x = position
DE y = height Rectangle A = area
P a = angular acceleration A bh C = circumference
Dt
m = coefficient of friction V = volume
1 2 Triangle S = surface area
q q0  w0t  at q = angle
2 1 b = base
r = density A bh
2 h = height
w w0  at t = torque  = length
w = angular speed Circle w = width
x A cos 2 p ft
A pr 2 r = radius
  DUg mg Dy
 Ç t t net C 2 pr
a
I I
2p 1 Rectangular solid Right triangle
T
t rA F rF sin q w f V wh c2 a 2  b2
m a
L Iw
Ts 2p Cylinder sin q
k c
DL t Dt V pr 2
b
 S 2 pr   2 pr 2 cos q
Tp 2p c
1 2 g
K Iw a
2 Sphere tan q
  m1m2 b
 Fg G 4 3
Fs kx
r2 V pr c
3 a
 90°
Us
1 2
kx  Fg S 4pr 2 q
2 g b
m
m Gm1m2
r UG 
V r
Note: To simplify calculations, you may use g = 10 m/s2 in all problems.

Direction: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by four suggested
answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding
circle on the answer sheet.

1. A room has a floor area of 25 m2 . What is 4. A car travelling at a speed of v0 applies its
this area written in cm2 ? brakes, skidding to a stop over a distance of
x m. Assuming that the deceleration due to
(A) 250000 the brakes is constant, what would be the
(B) 2500 skidding distance of the same car if it were
traveling with twice the initial speed?
(C) 0.25
(A) 2x m
(D) 0.0025
(B) 3x m

2. The velocities ⃗vx and ⃗vy of two boats, X and (C) 4x m

Y, are shown. (D) 8x m

5. Starting from rest, object 1 falls freely for

4.0 s, and object 2 falls freely for 8.0 s. Com-
pared to object 1, object 2 falls:
Which arrow represents the direction of the
vector ⃗vx − ⃗vy ? (A) half as far

(B) twice as far

(C) three times as far

(D) four times as far

3. A toy car moves 3.0 m to the North in one

second. The car then moves at 9.0 m/s due
South for two seconds. What is the average
speed of the car for this three second trip?

(A) 4.0 m/s

(B) 5.0 m/s

(C) 6.0 m/s

(D) 7.0 m/s

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6. A ball which is dropped from the top of a
building strikes the ground with a speed of
30 m/s. Assume air resistance can be ig-
nored. The height of the building is approx-
imately
The diagram above shows a ball starting
(A) 15 m from rest and uniformly accelerating. The
(B) 30 m time and distance traveled from the start
are shown in the diagram.
(C) 45 m

(D) 75 m
9. Which of the following is closest to the ac-
celeration of the ball?
7. When an object falls freely in a vacuum near
the surface of the earth (A) 1 cm/s2

(A) the velocity will increase but the accel- (B) 4 cm/s2
eration will be zero
(C) 2 cm/s2
(B) the velocity and acceleration are in the
(D) 5 cm/s2
opposite direction

(C) the acceleration will constantly in-

10. What was the average speed of the ball be-
crease
tween 3 and 4 seconds?
(D) the acceleration will remain constant
(A) 3.0 cm/s

(B) 7.0 cm/s

(C) 3.5 cm/s

(D) 12.5 cm/s

11. What was the instantaneous velocity of the

cart at 25 cm from the start?

(A) 3.0 cm/s

8. The graph above describes the motion of a (B) 5.0 cm/s

toy car across the floor for 12 s. How far is (C) 10.0 cm/s
the toy car from the original starting point
in the whole time interval? (D) 12.5 cm/s

(A) 0 m

(B) 10 m

(C) 47 m

(D) 74 m

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 13. A diver initially moving horizontally with
speed v dives off the edge of a vertical cliff
12. The graph above shows velocity v versus and lands in the water a distance d from the
time t for an object in linear motion. Which base of the cliff. How far from the base of
of the following is a possible graph of posi- the cliff would the diver have landed if the
tion x versus time t for this object? diver initially had been moving horizontally
with speed 3v?
(A) 2d (B) 3d (C) 6d (D) 9d

14. A ball falls from rest in the absence of air

resistance. The position of the centre of
the ball is determined at one-second inter-
vals from the instant at which it is released.
What are the distances, in metres, travelled
by the centre of the ball during each second
for the first 3.0 s of the motion?

(A) 5, 10, 15

(B) 5, 15, 25

(C) 5, 20, 45

(D) 5, 25, 70

15. A soccer ball, at rest on the ground, is

kicked with an initial velocity of 10 m/s at a
launch angle of 30◦ . Calculate its total flight
time, assuming that air resistance is negligi-
ble.
(A) 0.5 s (B) 1.0 s (C) 2.0 s (D) 4.0 s

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16. A student models the relationship between
the acceleration a of bubble rising in coke
and its temperature T as a = x + yT . The
unit of T are Kelvin. What are the funda-
mental SI units of x and y?

x y
(A) m s−2 m s−2 K −1 18. A box of mass m hangs from massless
(B) m s−2 K −1 strings, as shown in the figure above. The
(C) K m s−2 K −1 angle between strings 1 and 2 is 90◦ , and
the angles that the strings make with the
(D) K K −1
ceiling are θ1 and θ2 , respectively. If T1 is
the tension in string 1, which of the fol-
lowing are the magnitudes of the horizon-
tal and vertical components of the tension
in string 2?

Horizontal Component Vertical Component

(A) T1 cos θ1 mg − T1 sin θ1
(B) T1 cos θ1 mg − T1 cos θ1
(C) T1 sin θ1 mg − T1 sin θ1
(D) T1 sin θ1 mg − T1 cos θ1

17. The x − t graph above shows the motion of 19. Three forces act on an object. If the object is
two objects A, B, where the line for A is a in equilibrium, which of the following must
straight line and for B is a parabola curve be true?
from the origin. Two lines meet at point C
and D. Which of the following comment is I. The vector sum of the three forces must
correct? equal zero

(A) A will pass B at the time t1 , and B will II. The magnitudes of the three forces
pass A at the time t2 . must be equal

(B) The average velocity of B is smaller III. All three forces must be parallel.
than that of A from t1 to t2 .

(C) A moves in a straight line, B moves in (A) I only

a curve.
(B) II only
(D) The velocity of A is always larger than
B from t1 to t2 . (C) I and III only

(D) I and II only

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20. An object is launched upward at angle θ0 22. A sphere with weight W is hung by a rope.
above the horizontal with a speed of v0 . The It’s bottom is in contact(接触) with the ta-
trajectory and three positions of the object, ble, and the rope is tighten. Which of the
X, Y , and Z, are shown in the figure. Po- following is impossible for the magnitude of
sition X is higher than position Z with re- the forces on the sphere?
spect to the ground, and position Y is at the
object’s maximum vertical position. Which
of the following claims is correct about the Tension Normal force
system that consists of only the object? (A) 0 W
(A) The speed of the object at position X is (B) W 0
greater than the speed of the object at (C) W/2 W/2
position Y .
(D) W/2 3W/2
(B) The object’s speed at point Y is v0 .

(C) The object’s accelerations are different

at positions X and Y .
23. An object moves in a straight line at con-
(D) The object is at rest at position Y . stant velocity. If there are three forces F1 ,
F2 , F3 acted upon it. Which of the following
group is possible values of the three forces?

(A) 15 N, 5 N, 6 N
21. A box moves to the right with constant ve- (B) 3 N, 8 N, 4 N
locity while a force F is applied on it, .
Which of the following is correct? (C) 1 N, 2 N, 10 N
(A) The applied force is larger than the fric- (D) 2 N, 6 N, 7 N
tional force(摩擦力).

(B) The applied force is equal to the fric-

tional force.

(C) The applied force and the frictional

force are an action-reaction pair.

(D) The box is not in equilibrium.

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Direction: For each of the questions or incomplete statements below, two of the suggested answers
will be correct. For each of these questions, you must select both correct choices to earn credit. No
partial credit will be earned if only one correct choice is selected. Select the two that are best in each
case and then fill in the corresponding boxes that begin with number 131 on page 2.

131. Two projectiles, P1 and P2 , are fired at dif- 132. The graph above shows the speed of a
ferent angles from a common starting line truck as itmoves along a straight, level road.
and ultimately land the same distance away Which of the following describe a method to
on level ground. If P1 is launched at 30◦ determine the distance d the truck travels
from horizontal, what can be concluded during the 10 s time interval shown? Select
about P2 at an angle 60◦ ? two answers.

(A) P1 flies a less time in air than P2

(B) P1 flies the same time in air as P2

(C) P1 has a landing speed greater than P2

(D) P1 has the same landing speed with P2

(A) Multiply the average speed of 18 m/s

by the 10 s travel time.

(B) Multiply half the initial speed of 30 m/s

by the 10 s travel time.

(C) Calculate the slope of the line in the

graph to determine the acceleration a
and then used d = (1/2)at2 , where t is
the travel time.

(D) Calculate the area under the line in the

graph.

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END OF SECTION I
 PHYSICS 1
Section II
2 Questions
Time – 45 minutes

Note: To simplify calculations, you may use g = 10 m/s2 in all problems.

Direction: Answer all two questions. The parts within a question may not have equal weight. Show
all your work in this booklet in the spaces provided after each part.

1. (24 points, suggested time 25 minutes)

A car is stopped at a traffic light. The light turns green, and at time t = 0 the car starts moving
and travels with a constant acceleration. At that instant a truck traveling at constant speed vt
is alongside the car, with the front of each vehicle at position x = 0, as shown above. The truck
passes the car, but the car later catches up to the truck in front of a house, such that at time tD
the front of each vehicle is at position x = D.

(a) On the axes below, sketch and label graphs of the velocity of the car and the velocity of the
truck as a function of time. Indicate any important velocities or times. [6 pts]

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(b) Two students are discussing how the speed of the car compares to the speed of the truck
when both vehicles are in front of the house. [8 pts]

Student 1 says, ”The distance traveled by the car and the truck is the same, and the time is
the same, so they must have the same speed.”

Student 2 says, ”I don’t see how that can be. The car catches up to the truck, so the car has
to be going faster.”

i. Which aspects of Student 1’s reasoning, if any, are correct? Support your answer in
terms of relevant features of your graphs in part (a).

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ii. Which aspects of Student 2’s reasoning, if any, are correct? Support your answer in
terms of relevant features of your graphs in part (a).

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(c) Derive an expression for the acceleration of the car. Express your answer in terms of D and
vt . [6 pts]

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(d) Determine the time at which the speed of the car is equal to the speed vt of the truck.
Express your answer in terms of tD . Justify your answer. [4 pts]

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2. (21 points, suggested time 20 minutes)
This question is a short free-response question. Show your work for each part of the question.

A group of students prepare for a robotic competition(机器人比赛) and build a robot that can
launch large spheres of mass M in the horizontal direction with a variable speed and from a
variable vertical position and a fixed horizontal position x = 0. The robot is calibrated(校准) by
adjusting(调整) the speed at which the sphere is launched and the height of the robot’s sphere
launcher. Depending on where the spheres land on the ground, students earn points based on
the accuracy of the robot. The robot is calibrated so that when the spheres are launched from
a vertical position y = H and speed v0 , they consistently(始终) land on the ground on a target
that is at a position x = D. Positive directions for vector quantities are indicated in the figure.

(a) On the axes below, sketch the graphs of the horizontal and vertical components of the
sphere’s velocity v as a function of time t between t = 0, when the sphere is launched and
t = T , when the sphere hits the target. Label t = T for the horizontal component of the
sphere’s velocity and the vertical component of the sphere’s velocity. [4 pts]

(b) On the same graphs, sketch and label(标出) what vx and vy would look like for a different
launcher speed that reach the position x = 3D/2. [4 pts]

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(c) Derive an equation for the vertical coordinate y of the sphere as a function of x, v0, and
physical constants, as appropriate. [3 pts]

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(d) When the students arrive at the competition, it is determined that the height of the sphere
launcher can no longer be adjusted(调整) due to a mechanical malfunction(故障). There-
fore, the spheres must be launched at a vertical position of y = H/2. However, the spheres
may be launched at speed v0 or 2v0 .
In a clear, coherent paragraph-length response that may also contain diagrams and/or
equations, describe the speed at which a sphere should be launched so that the students
earn the maximum number of points in the competition. [10 pts]

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END OF SECTION II